How Frank Smith's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Frank Smith posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 7.74, below the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1955, posting 6.23, well below the relief pitcher average of 8.72 that year. The highest point came in 1953 at 9.57, near the relief pitcher average of 9.52 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.67 in 1954 to 6.23 in 1955 and 9.0 in 1956. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 7 seasons.

Frank Smith Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career7.74
Season Avg.7.74
162 Game Avg.7.74
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Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Frank Smith's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Frank Smith's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Frank Smith career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Frank Smith's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Frank Smith's seasonal Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Frank Smith's MLB career with Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Frank Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table